As Big Bob mentioned over on Unfair Park, to promote her roller-derbying directorial debut, Whip It, Drew Barrymore will be gripping and grinning at the Urban Outfitters in Mockingbird Station tomorrow night around 7 p.m. (You can find all the relevant details after the jump.) Also, she’ll be made an official member of the Dallas Derby Devils. Which, of course, now means we’ll be teammates.
MEDIA ALERT
DREW BARRYMORE ROLLS INTO DALLAS FOR WHIP IT FAN DAY AND RED CARPET AT
URBAN OUTFITTERS IN MOCKINGBIRD STATION
WHAT: Red carpet, private autograph signing and Meet and Greet
WHO: Drew Barrymore, KISS FM, Dallas Derby Devils and more
WHERE: Urban Outfitters, 5331 E Mockingbird Ln, Suite 190
Dallas, TX 75206
WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
5:30 PM Wrist bands for Meet and Greet will be
distributed at Urban Outfitters
6:00 PM ‘Red Carpet’ call-time for press
arrival/set up
7:00 PM ‘Red Carpet’ Arrivals (open to public)
7:05 PM Drew announced as official member of the
Dallas Derby Devils and presented with personalized jersey
7:15 PM Meet and Greet with Drew Barrymore
The public is invited to meet Drew Barrymore as she signs autographs and
meets with fans for WHIP IT Fan Day at Urban Outfitters located in
Mockingbird station. The Dallas roller derby league, the Dallas Derby
Devils, will present Barrymore with a team jersey and name her an
official member of the league. Patrons must pick up a wrist band at
Urban Outfitters, located in Mockingbird station, in order to receive an
autograph. The public is encouraged to arrive early to the event as
wrist bands are first come first serve and will be released at 5:30 PM.
FOX Searchlight Pictures presents WHIP IT
WHIP IT, the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, stars Ellen Page
(Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small town
beauty pageant crown for the rowdy world of roller derby. Marcia Gay
Harden (Mystic River, Pollock) plays Bliss’ disapproving mother, while
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live) and Juliette Lewis (Old School) play
roller-derby stars. Also starring Eve, Jimmy Fallon, and Daniel Stern.
WHIP IT in theaters October 2nd
Rated PG 13
About the Dallas Derby Devils
The Dallas Derby Devils originated in November 2004 when this group of
athletic females who enjoyed skating hit the Dallas scene. The Devils
are the original Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex roller derby league with a
current roster of more than 90 active skaters, making them the largest
flat track roller derby league in the South. There are currently more
than 206 leagues around the nation. When the Devils play, it’s a full
contact, hard-core extravaganza. Each female, armed with her own
on-track persona, exhibits athleticism and sportsmanship while promoting
and maintaining the importance of community involvement. The Dallas
Derby Devils are a proud member of the Women’s Flat Track Derby
Association, a national governing body of flat track leagues that are
skater owned and operated.
22 comments
so If I go, I will see you there with your rollerblades??
Whip It? More liking whipp-ing.
Hardy har har to me.
There are 2 roller derby leagues in Dallas.
http://www.acderby.com
Sure Dallas has two leagues…one that competes on a national level and sells out a stadium, and one that has about 15 “skaters” that are supported by an outlaw motorcycle gang.
let’s play nice now…ok, there are 2 leagues in the area that are BOTH filled w/ hard working, lovable women….
To: 1 league and 1 farm team
Hey Matt Bertelsen (A.K.A. Mattomic).
Isn’t there 3 roller derby leagues in Dallas? What happened to men’s derby (Dallas Deception)? DFW is big enough for the 3 of us. Can’t we all just get along?
I was doing some research after reading the reply about the roller derby being sponsored by an outlaw motorcycle gang, i think its a great thing that the dallas derby devils support all these biker clubs (gangs) they do awesome things for children.
Read this…
Wind & Fire Burn Camp Run Major Contributors 2006:
*Willie’s Lounge *Jim Sewell *Rick Fairless Strokers Dallas
*M & M Pouring Company *Vern’s Open Golf Tournament
*Reno’s Chop Shop *Chaser’s Lounge *Adair’s Bar & Grill
*Dallas Derby Devils *Fat Daddy’s Hamburgers
*Members of Dallas Fire-Rescue *Retired Dallas Firefighters
*Sandone’s Production Inc. *Texas Graphic Resources Inc.
*Pony X-Press Printing *Dallas Firefighters Local 58
*Strokers Ice House *Irving Professional Firefighters Assoc.
*Cactus Environmental Services *Texas Fire Museum
*Year Round Lawn Care *Doddie’s Sea Food
*Smokin Joe’s Hot Dogs *House of Pain
*Coats Aloe Int’l Inc. *J.C. Pennys Legal
*American Legion Post 81 *Larry Goldsmith
*Chupik Tree Service *VFW Post 7843 *Texas Leathers
*Two Wheel World Garland Inc. *Scorpions M/C Dallas
*Scorpions M/C South Dallas *Gryphons M/C
*Banshees M/C *Wolverines M/C *Chromed Out Magazine
*Tim Seymore Homes *Tim Johnson Homes
*Suds & Butterfly *Hardcore Kustom *Superior Lawn & Landscape
*Gary & Jennifer Freeman * Jess & Lara Lovell
*Euless Guns & Ammo *Cedar-Ville Pest Control
*Portor’s Army/Navy *Custom Motorcycles of Dallas
*Rebel Arts *Barbara Rudasill *Clay Rudasill
*Diane Perkins *Cara Cross *Bryan White
*Lindsey’s Tree Service *White Rock Custom
*Sonya’s Place *Paul’s Pawn Shop, Duncanville
*Texas Star Alarms *James Coleman
*Retired NFL Players Assoc. *Payne in the Glass
*Dallas Hispanic Firefighters Assoc *R.D. Jolly Painting
*Members of WFMC Dallas Chapter #8 and Irving Chapter #58
It seems like both leagues really like their bikers…one of my favorite bike clubs is BACA..www.bacausa.com
Been there. Drew showed up 1 hour late, spent 1 hour with press, a few minutes with contest winners and then the rest of us, who had wristbands and been standing for 5 hours in the rain, were told they’re runn8ing behind and we can leave now. She didn’t sign any autographs for us! So, thank you Moroch Entertainment and Fox Searchlight and thanks Drew, for having my wife, me and my 3 year old stand in the rain for 5 hours. We now know what you think of your fans.
Supposed “meet and greet” did not work out very good.
My husband and I stood IN THE RAIN today for 5 hours! We got wristbands then when it was FINALLY time to go inside for autographs, all but 15 PEOPLE were turned down. If you only had time to let 15 people in for autographs, then only hand out 15 wristbands and don’t waste people’s time. Foxlight, you were trying to promote a movie to people to make them WANT to see it, but you succeeded in making so many people mad. I have such a bad taste in my mouth after today that I don’t even care about the movie anymore…and get this…I am a DERBY GIRL!
We should AT LEAST get FREE movie tickets for standing in the rain so long and the media people that told us to leave did not even care. I guess FOXLIGHT doesn’t care about the people that make their job possible…without people, their promotional efforts would all be for nothing. Without people, who would watch their movies.
Julie B.
Dallas, Tx
Oh, and I’m glad to see someone else agrees! Thanks for replying, Martin. I hope more people speak out. We need to get free tickets for this…it’s the LEAST they can do!
@ Julie
I know we weren’t the only people upset yesterday. This event left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths. Especially when word of mouth is so important for independent films nowadays, to create this kind of publicity can’t be good.
I wrote Moroch (Dallas@Moroch.com) to complain and let everyone I know in on how my experience was. Especially since I was excited before yesterday, because from what I’ve seen and read, Drew Barrymore is a very nice and approachable celebrity. Too bad the organizers were horrible.
Totally agree. I have a friend who used to live in LA and said she’s met Drew, and Drew is very nice. Too bad the promo people made her look bad. I will write Moroch too. Thanks for posting their email!
Julie
You weren’t the only one, took off work and stood out there for hours, was probably about 30ish in line and still went home with jack. Just about the poorest run event I’ve ever seen it was poorly handled and like you said if they knew they’d only be able to get through 15 people they should have just handed out that many passes and we could have been on our way
They gave out free screening passes (only good after the movie comes out Oct. 2nd) if you stood in line waiting upstairs inside Angelika and could not get into the movie due to over occupancy. But I’m pretty sure you had to have the free admit two voucher from Foxlight.
It wouldn’t hurt to contact Foxlight for those vouchers, since it was very chaotic in Mockingbird Station. The worst they could say is no, right?
Sounds like a plan. Thanks Gigi!
i feel all yalls pain. waited 6 hours and left with nothing but promo junk given to console us after being turned away…why pass out that many wristbands if you cant do that many people? there were alot of things wrong with last night. the event organizers: kiss fm, fox searchlight, moroch, urban outfitters, etc…they should have done a better job. the press and fan events should have been on separate times so that both had the time they needed. the screening shouldnt have been at the same time either. also each organizer who walked the line had a different story about what was going on. i dont think anyone knew what they were doing. what’s sad is they didnt and probably wont try to make amends to us fans who got burned last night. i would take a free ticket to see the movie. it wont replace a photo with drew or meeting her in person or getting her autograph but it will atleast show some shred of apology over the chaos from last night. i wont hold my breath though. too bad, bc i was a huge fox searchlight fan…adam and 500 days of summer were my 2 favorite movies as of late. but now im not really sure i want to help fund a company and show support for something that cares so little about the fans.
It was definately poorly run and there was major miss-communication. If there is any way to some how repay people who didn’t get in, they should try to do so. However, I do have to say- anyone that would wait for 5 hours in the rain with their 3 year old needs to reconsider their parenting skills. Way more than 15 people got in, about 50 I would say. I watched them all walk past me after I got my autograph and picture. I waited in line for 10 hours. I suggest getting to an even like this super early, cause you never know what might go wrong. (most people did not arrive until after 2pm and the wrists bands were to be handed out at 5:30). The problem is the interviewing that took 1 hour while we were wall supposed to be getting our autographs. They scheduled way to much for one night. If she didn’t have to go do the q & a (for a whole other group that waited in line in the rain), then she could have stayed with us even though it was raining. Should have handed out way less wrist bands or done one event or the other.
Drew however was fabulous. Apologized for the rain. Signed autographs, took pics, and shook ands the whole way up the line on her way in. She signed whatever you gave her, even though the handlers said posters only. I wanted the poster signed though, considering this is her directorial debut.
WE LOVE YOU DREW. Completely worth 10 hours in the rain!
Edit: she could have stayed with us even though she was running late.
Please don’t boycott her movie. This isn’t Drews fault and it is her directorial debut guys!
@ GiGi, not sure why you would assume i or the dallas deception men’s team would publish anything harmful against another league. i have no problems or hard feelings with ACRD over past occurances. there are girls with that league that i respect highly as skaters and i have friends there too. whoever posted that comment has nothing to do with our men’s team or myself. thanks for showing some character and throwing me under the bus. best of luck to you and your league.
In regards to the premiere, it was very sad to see some people turned away from the movie, but this is how premieres work, it even stated on the tickets that they hand out more tickets than seats available to insure a full house for filming purposes.
Dallas Deception’s first home team game, october 17th, Forum Rollerworld, 7pm! ha-ha.
Helping get the word out about a project of one Dallas guy at this event.
His failure to meet Drew here actually sparked this project!
http://www.ScottsBigToDoList.com
Check it out!
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